Vietnamese Fish Exporter Angles For Lower Duties

Law360, New York (March 22, 2010, 1:42 PM EDT) -- East Sea Seafoods LLC has lodged a complaint challenging the result of an International Trade Administration anti-dumping duty review subjecting the Vietnamese frozen fish exporter to a $2.11 penalty per kilogram.

Friday's complaint, lodged in the U.S. Court of International Trade, claims the company is entitled to the far lower $0.02-per-kilogram rate assessed to East Sea Seafoods Joint Venture Co. because the plaintiff is the successor to the joint venture company.

The case was filed two days after the agency published its final results in an...